Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Encoder]

The Chinese have landed on the dark side of the moon.

Got to say, when I went out this morning there was a bit of a nip in the air.

 

[summerisle]

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

French is the sexiest accent.

 

[Frang]

French is the sexiest accent.

Italian mate... italian

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Italian mate... italian

Debbie Harry has sang in French not Italian.

 

[Prevenger17]

Bond Facts: Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice. Bono wrote the song Goldeneye.

Radiohead's The Pyramid Song has an interesting musical time signature which, if broken down into 16th notes, measures 3, 3, 4, 3, 3 per phrase. A Pyramid is 4 triangles and a square, so the song's time signature is literally a pyramid

 

[PhilM]

Bond Facts: Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice.

Dahl also wrote the screenplay for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which is linked to Bond as it was written by Ian Fleming.

 

[PITA]

Is that the area to look for the andromeda galaxy or is it just put there for comparison, fascinating how when you look up, your looking at multiple galaxies, some of those lights could of already burnt out 100s of years ago, crazy

It’s below Orion’s belt. You can see it quite well with binoculars.

 

[Groucho]

Lads I’ve merged this with TIL - two threads doing the same thing at the same time.

 

[kev]

It’s below Orion’s belt. You can see it quite well with binoculars.

Never focus your binoculars below somebodys belt. Pretty sure it's illegal.

 

[Groucho]

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Empress Maria Theresa led the Holy Roman Empire for 40 years in the 1700s, whilst having 16 kids (one of whom was Marie Antionette).

 

[gonetomorrow]

The posh Hurlingham Club in London served in the London Olympics of 1908 as the venue for the tug-of-war.
Tug-of-war in the Olympics? lol

 

[chrismpw]

Italian mate... italian

French is the sexiest accent.

I'd say Geordie. Not from a bloke like, but from a bonnie lass. Melts me instantly for some reason.

 

[chrismpw]

It’s below Orion’s belt. You can see it quite well with binoculars.

Isn't this the Orion nebula?